My 11th book PUBLISHED and RELEASED, purchase paperback now at Amazon, other sites/retailers soon to follow...

My 11th book PUBLISHED and RELEASED, purchase paperback now at Amazon, other sites/retailers soon to follow, hardbound/ebook available within days. The follow-up to previous book thus entitled More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters...

   

Logically defined, Politics is the pursuit to influence and/or control political power, legal force, that is to say, the power thus force to manipulate and confiscate others' behavior and resource without their consent. The method to determine the use of power or force by democracy, oligarchy or tyranny matters not. The method to implement the use of power or force by communism, fascism or cronyism and their popular pacifier socialism matters not. For all are clashes between political prerogatives versus personal preferences, legal force versus human will, government taking liberties plural versus individuals exercising liberty singular.

Rather it is Ethics not Politics that desires freedom for oneself and all others thus a return to individual responsibility and risk. It is Ethics not Politics that seeks liberation from government's shackles and chains hung heavy upon everyone's person, preference, possession and property. And it is Ethics not Politics that insists the regard for one's own Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent on all matters, inseparably demands the respect for one's own Peculiar Human Ability to Reason on all matters. Politics is contrary even hostile to all such things.

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Paragraphs taken from Proem & Poem No. 122 - Ethics versus Politics / 1st Reprise.

More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters

My 11th book PUBLISHED and RELEASED, purchase paperback now at Amazon, other sites/retailers soon to follow, hardbound/ebook available within days. The follow-up to previous book thus entitled More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters...

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My 11th book project, soon to be published sometime during the winter/spring of 2021, thus manuscript below temporarily available online in draft form. It is follow-up to my 10th book (or click here), consequently the cover already designed although slightly modified of the previous (click here for all books)... The following proems are short, topically introductory comments, followed by poems also short, 4-to-12 line complimentary verses....

More Proems & Poems
on the
Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON,        
                Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT
&
Other Neglected Matters

 

No. 101 - What Is Politics
No. 102 - What Is Politics / 1st Reprise
No. 103 - What Is Covetousness
No. 104 - What Is Covetousness / 1st Reprise
No. 105 - What Is Covetousness / 2nd Reprise
No. 106 - What Is Covetousness / 3rd Reprise
No. 107 - What Are Possessions
No. 108 - What Are Possessions / Reprise
No. 109 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 1
No. 110 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 2
No. 111 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 3
No. 112 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 4
No. 113 - Solomon's Ecclesiastical Slip / Part 5
No. 114 - What Is Politics / 2nd Reprise
No. 115 - What Is Politics / 3rd Reprise
No. 116 - What Is Politics / 4th Reprise
No. 117 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk
No. 118 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 1st Reprise
No. 119 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 2nd Reprise
No. 120 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 3rd Reprise
No. 121 - Ethics versus Politics
No. 122 - Ethics versus Politics / 1st Reprise
No. 123 - Burden of Responsibility and Risk / 4th Reprise
No. 124 - Matthew Twenty-Five / Part 1
No. 125 - Matthew Twenty-Five / Part 2
No. 126 - Matthew Twenty-Five / Part 3
No. 127 - Ethics versus Politics / 2nd Reprise
No. 128 - Ethics versus Politics / 3rd Reprise
No. 129 - Epicurus and John Locke
No. 130 - Incapable of Gray / Part 1
No. 131 - Incapable of Gray / Part 2
No. 132 - Incapable of Gray / Part 3
No. 132 - Incapable of Gray / Part 4

No. 134 - Pursuit of Happiness

No. 135 - Pursuit of Happiness / 1st Reprise
No. 136 - Pursuit of Happiness / 2nd Reprise

No. 137 - Fierce Regard, Fervent Respect

No. 138 - Pursuit of Happiness / 3rd Reprise

No. 139 - Bill of Right

No. 140 - Bill of Right / 1st Reprise
No. 141 - Bill of Right / 2nd Reprise
No. 142 - Individualistic
No. 143 - Individualistic / Reprise
No. 144 - Rights in the Plural
No. 145 - Pursuit of Happiness / 4th Reprise
No. 146 - Pursuit of Happiness / 5th Reprise
No. 147 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 1
No. 148 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 2
No. 149 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 3
No. 150 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 4
No. 151 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 5
No. 152 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 6
No. 153 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 7
No. 154 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 8
No. 155 - John Locke and Francis Schaeffer / Part 9
No. 156 - Secrecy thus Conspiracy
No. 157 - Secrecy thus Conspiracy / 1st Reprise
No. 158 - Secrecy thus Conspiracy / 2nd Reprise
No. 159 - Jevons’ Laws of Thought
No. 160 - Jevons’ Laws of Thought / Reprise
No. 161 - Individually We Stand
No. 162 - Individually We Stand / 1st Reprise
No. 163 - Individually We Stand / 2nd Reprise
No. 164 - Constitutional Crisis
No. 165 - Constitutional Crisis / 1st Reprise
No. 166 - Constitutional Crisis / 2nd Reprise
No. 167 - The Rescissionist / Part 1
No. 168 - The Rescissionist / Part 2
No. 169 - The Rescissionist / Part 3
No. 170 - The Rescissionist / Part 4
No. 171 - The Rescissionist / Part 5
No. 172 - Religious Fidelity, Pious Morality
No. 173 - To Refuse Bowing, Submitting

No. 174 - The Rescissionist / Part 6
No. 175 - The Rescissionist / Part 7

No. 176 - The Rescissionist / Part 8

No. 177 - Break and Toss the Linear Scale

No. 178 - Secrecy thus Conspiracy / 3rd Reprise

No. 179 - The Rescissionist / Part 9

No. 180 - The Rescissionist / Part 10

No. 181 - The Rescissionist / Part 11

No. 182 - The Rescissionist / Part 12

No. 183 - The Rescissionist / Part 13

No. 184 - O America!

No. 185 - Soul of America

No. 186 - Violence Consistently Inconsistent

No. 187 - Kennedy Half-Right, Half-Wrong

No. 188 - The Rescissionist / Part 14

No. 189 - The Rescissionist / Part 15

No. 190 - A Reprobate Mind

No. 191 - A Reprobate Mind / 1st Reprise

No. 192 - A Reprobate Mind / 2nd Reprise

No. 193 - A Reprobate Mind / 3rd Reprise

No. 194 - A Reprobate Mind / 4th Reprise

No. 195 - A Reprobate Mind / 5th Reprise

No. 196 - My Life Matters!

No. 197 - My Life Matters! / 1st Reprise

No. 198 - My Life Matters! / 2nd Reprise

No. 199 - No Less, No More Clarity

No. 200 - What Is Democracy

No. 201 - What Is Democracy / 1st Reprise

No. 202 - What Is Democracy / 2nd Reprise

No. 203 - Rights in the Plural / Reprise

No. 204 - My Life Matters! / 3rd Reprise

No. 205 - The Year 2021 / Part 1

No. 206 - The Year 2021 / Part 2

No. 207 - The Year 2021 / Part 3

No. 208 - The Year 2021 / Part 4

No. 209 - One Last Appeal

No. 210 - One Last Appeal / Reprise

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

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        To my daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren, who I love more than they know. It is my hope they someday will read this book when aged enough by human experiences hence mildly or gravely despondent over the human yet quite inhumane experiments, that is, the political and social monstrosities called Government.

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        To the following (incomplete list of) influences, who in various decrees marginally or largely shifted my ideological thus moral paradigm(s), facilitating and fostering the conclusions in this book. Consequently in somewhat chronological order; the Taoist and Greek writers, the Apostles and their Gospels and Epistles, the Early Church writers, the theologians and economists of the School of Salamanca, Roger Williams (his book The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience), John Locke, Richard Cantillon, John Stuart Mill, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Jean-Baptiste Say, Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (of course the essay The Law as well his complete works), Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton (his article No. 84 only) thus the Federalist Papers, then the arguably preferred Anti-Federalist Papers therefore contributors, Patrick Henry (his fiery speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention), writers and orators like Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman) as well chiefs Red Jacket, Joseph, Luther Standing Bear, Seattle and others (as compiled by numerous historians), Henry David Thoreau, Lysander Spooner, Mark Twain (his short story/prose War Prayer) and the American Anti-Imperialist League, Carl Menger, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises (particularly his books Liberalism and Human Action), F.A. Hayek, Garet Garrett, Albert J. Nock (his book Our Enemy, The State), Frank Chodorov, John T. Flynn, C.S. Lewis (his book Mere Christianity), Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt (his masterly book Foundations of Morality), Ayn Rand (her book Atlas Shrugged and television interviews), Murray N. Rothbard (his two volume historical work on Economic Thought), Martin Luther King Jr. (his speeches and sermons on nonviolence and peace), John Lennon, Milton Friedman, Francis Schaeffer (his book True Spirituality, most noteworthy the section on covetousness), as well the few (among many) contemporaries per their books, essays, articles, lectures, shows, podcasts, documentaries and interviews like Lew Rockwell, Jeff Deist, Tom Woods, Walter Block, Hans-Herman Hoppe, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Walter E. Williams, Jeffrey Tucker, Rand Paul, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, Niall Ferguson, Hernando de Soto Polar, Thomas Sowell and of course Ron Paul (consistently a noninterventionist hence a man of peace).

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Is 1:18 / Mt 5:9
2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23

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Copyright © 2021 by D.C. Quillan Stone

The SEPARATION of SCIENCE and STATE thus the SEPARATION of SCHOOL and STATE...

Long understood the clear separation of Church and State (however inconsistently applied). By such alliance the State corrupts further the politics conveniently, expediently in favor of a particular church, synagogue, mosque, temple or organization thereby disfavoring then disallowing other competing religions, denominations, sects and nonreligious bodies or societies. Likewise, by the same alliance the Church pollutes whatever integrity in favor then allowance of the State thereby compromising doctrine and piety even principle and morality while levying disservices upon fellow clerics, elders, deacons, charity-workers as well congregants thus general populace as potential benefactors of these vocations.

So it should be obvious the same precaution necessitates the clear separation of Science and State. By such alliance the State corrupts further the politics conveniently, expediently in favor of a particular narrative more often else proposition, research, theory or conclusion thereby disfavoring then disallowing other competing propositions, researches, theories or conclusions. Likewise, by the same alliance Science pollutes whatever integrity in favor then allowance of the State thereby compromising practice and objectivity even fact and truth while levying disservices upon fellow scientists, analysts, technicians, inventors, innovators as well apprentices thus general populace as potential benefactors of these professions.

Consequently, it is by no means a fantastical stretch to logically, consistently suggest even insist an equally clear separation of School and State as prerequisite to and facilitation of the aforementioned separation of Church, Science and State. For most effective conveniently, expediently are the corruptible collusion with Church as well Science when the State makes compulsory its well funded and manipulated School as unfortunately exemplified by 20th/21st century America.

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

Columbus Day: One Consideration Overlooked

Whether one has misplaced pride or recreational scorn regarding the celebration of COLUMBUS DAY, one "far more important" consideration is often overlooked.

The European/Columbian discovery of the Americas as sponsored by the Spanish Crown was of course a government endeavor. Like all government endeavors (i.e. public roads, space program, solar/wind projects, etc.), it preempted any effort to do the same or something more innovating by private enterprise. Worse, these poorly placed publicly funds create a "path of least resistance", thereby becoming a economic as well political magnet for further malinvestment by government's corporate cronies as well other companies, investors, speculators, manufacturers, developers, etc.

If a private enterprise, would the New World discovery occurred in the 15th century or soon thereafter, and would it occurred as it did with all the associated atrocities against the indigenous that followed? It could be said with some reservation, private endeavors would have occurred later in history, perhaps much later. For in the 1490s, consumer demands at the time were insufficient enough to discourage such a grandly expensive speculation.

It could be also said however with certainty, far less atrocities against the indigenous would have occurred. If by no other reason per lack of government involvement and expenditure making private enterprise incapable of the same large-scale acts, hence facilitating mutually agreeable negotiations between European speculators and Indigenous landowners. For when involved, government thus its endeavors have far reaching ill effects per backing by the central bank as well taxes, purposefully favoring far fewer benefactors while unavoidably disfavoring far more victims than any private endeavor would have otherwise.
 
Most who are scorning Columbus Day do so unaware for the wrong or lesser reason. And if aware, they prefer not thus discount my aforementioned consideration for it indicts present-day government endeavors therefore atrocities they covet consequently support, hoping to parasitically glean.

Note:
In the US capitol's rotunda is the painting Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn (1775-1852), commissioned in 1836, installed in 1847. I suppose Columbus' discovery of New World resources therefore his landing mirrors quite well the US government's discovery of Mideast resources and subsequent landings decades later by the American Imperial Legions led by Caesars Bush, Obama and now Trump.

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

Saving the soul of America

Among some Democrats, there is the rhetoric "saving the soul of America", most recently reiterated by celebrity Rob Reiner representing said "soul of America" and the people he assumes require his insight. Arrogance, presumption, narcissism; just a few words that come to mind.

The implication of course is to save America from Trump and Trumpsters as though the parties and respective presidents are methodically even ideologically that different. Much in the same way many ranted about saving America from Obama's Socialism while overlooking their own form of the same ism.

My point.

Whether it is the rhetorical "soul of America", politicians' use of "the people", or the pollsters' long standing reference to the black vote, women vote, rural vote, urban vote, etc., there is the relentless attempt to singularize incalculable number of individuals thus opinions, preferences, interests, objectives and so on. People should find such profiling, generalizing  or deemphasizing thus dehumanizing of the individual as insulting even appalling.

Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

The disease-ridden heart of Democracy

Jordan B. Peterson, a psychology professor at University of Toronto recently and precisely wrote, “It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city." Yet we live in a society where every citizen determines each election cycle to rule others with full force of government by one's preference and vote. Upon election win, the voting majority care little to nothing for the losers, even gloat while arrogantly presuming a better society shaped by their mere preference. The voting minority are no better, for immediately there arises intense covetousness of the winners' newly acquired power, with the ardent intent to seize it the following election.

Such is the disease-ridden heart of Democracy, sickened by the carcinogenic isms (save one) hailed as cures per medicine-show charlatans otherwise revered as politicians, bureaucrats, judiciaries, generals, reverence enforced by well propagandized agents, soldiers, and police officers.

I recently, perhaps mistakenly aligned with a small polity, assuming a loftier alternative, but soon realized their intent to seize power, against the will and consent of the "losers", was inherently no better regardless the noble goal. Martin Luther King Jr., pastor, orator, activist and man of peace, was quite right when he eloquently articulated, "In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends." As he later concisely put it, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."

Note(1):
Often I follow the word "isms" with the parenthesized "save one". It is assumed one is aware of my greater ongoing, seemingly endless thesis and emphasis on Individualism. Empirically, praxeologically it is simply, rightly defined by the consistent regard for the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent on all matters, inseparably a constant respect for the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason. Other definitions have led to erroneous arguments and conclusions.

Note(2):
By some of these posts, you are reading drafts for my follow-up book; More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, Singular Human Right to Consent & Other Neglected Matters.

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).

Since it is Columbus Day

One American colonial stood alone, upholding Indigenous right(s) over European presumption. In his book A Key into the Language of America (1643), Roger Williams (1603-1683), Puritan minister/theologian and Rhode Island fellow founder, observably wrote...

"The natives are very exact and punctual in the bounds of their lands, belonging to this or that prince or people, even to a river, brook, &c. And I have known them make bargain and sale amongst themselves for a small piece or quantity of ground; notwithstanding a sinful opinion amongst many, that Christians have right to heathen's lands."

Elsewhere in the same book, he wrote this stanza of a longer poem (what appears as misspelled are in fact original text)...

"Boast not proud English, of thy birth & blood,
Thy brother Indian is by birth as Good.
Of one blood God made Him, and Thee & All,
As wise, as faire, as strong, as personall..."

Because of Roger Williams and fellow colony founders, they established Rhode Island unique above other such North American establishments per two principles paramount; the recognition of Indigenous ownership ethically necessitating negotiation oppose to confiscation, and universal freedom of conscience whether religious, political or otherwise. However, it is he who is most ignored by colonial historians, professors, teachers, lecturers and buffs, in favor of other founders oft inclined towards the sword.

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).